Section 20-2602. TESTING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

 

2602.1The testing methods and performance standards for cigarettes to be sold or offered for sale in the District shall be as follows:

 

(a)A laboratory that conducts a test under this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program;

 

(b)Except as provide in § 2602.2, manufactures shall test cigarettes to determine compliance with this chapter in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) "Standard Test for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes" (ASTM Standard E2187-04);

 

(c)Cigarette testing shall be conducted on ten (10) layers of filter paper;

 

(d)No more than twenty-five per cent (25%) of the cigarettes tested in a test trial shall exhibit fill-length burns;

 

(e)The performance standard required by this section shall apply only to a complete test trial; and

 

(f)A complete test trial shall consist of forty (40) replicate tests for each cigarette tested.

 

2602.2If the Chief determines that a manufacturer's cigarettes cannot be tested according to the test method prescribed by § 2602.1, the Chief may approve a test method or performance standard the manufacturer, or another entity, proposes if the Chief determines that the alternative method is equivalent to and as effective as the test method or performance standard prescribed by § 2602.1.

 

2602.3If the Chief approves an alternative test method or performance standard, the manufacturer may use that test method or performance standard as the test method or performance standard required by § 2602.1

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 10012 (September 26, 2008).